Mac OS X 10.6.5 Beta Build (10H525) – World of Apple

Apple has released to developers the first build of Mac OS X 10.6.5. The previous update to Mac OS X, 10.6.4 was released in mid-June, not long after Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Mac OS X 10.6.5 build 10H525 weighs in at 517MB for the delta update and contains just five focus areas, two known issues and […]

Try answering the question, or you\’ve failed…

I just did something that I never have done in the past…. And I shouldn\’t be surprised at the results… I just read the \”What\’s the risk\” help screen for the ActiveX installer prompt.  You know the annoying prompt, where it asks \”do you want to install this ActiveX control\” or \”What\’s the risk?\”. You […]

Indigo Server authentication

I am working on an python wrapper around the Indigo Restful interface, and discovered that the Indigo Server requires remote logins to be with a Digest based password.  Is this good?  Yes, indeed it is.  Digest authentication is designed to be the significantly more secure and when your talking about the security of your home […]

Welcome iOS 4.02 & 3.22

Apple has today released an update for iOS 4 and iPad software. The update fixes a PDF exploit that came to light last week after it was used to aid in the Jailbreaking of iPhones. Fears were raised early last week that the exploit could be used for malicious purposes. The update which brings iOS […]

Better to be late, then never, I guess… (Flash H.264)

Adobe has just stated that the new Flash Player (10.1.82.76) now contains a H.264 hardware decoding layer for the GPU…. We just pushed a few minutes ago a new version of the Flash Player 10.1.82.76 containing a nice feature that was in beta until now called “Gala”. Yes, H.264 GPU decoding in Mac OSX is […]

Add more to your Dropbox…

If you\’ve been using Dropbox since the wee early days, you might not have noticed the \”Getting Started\” tab in the web version. Click it, though, and you\’ll likely get another 250 MB of Dropbox space for \”steps\” you\’ve already completed. And if you send any referrals out, and they are completed, both you and […]

Is this the next Borderlands DLC?

From Destructoid: Supposedly, the recently released patch 1.31 for Borderlands — otherwise known as the one that added Steam achievements — contains files that explain, in a considerable amount of detail, what the game\’s next add-on pack will entail. A dude on the Gearbox forums by the name of Legendrew found the score, and proceeded […]